Huawei Mate Xs review: Refined outward foldable with Kirin 990 5G.
The Mate X, refined.
Mate Xs hardened the outward-folding screen and dropped in the integrated Kirin 990 5G chip. A better foldable than its predecessor in every way — but the Google ban and the $2700 price kept it a statement piece.
01Display
84/10084/100 — right at the average for foldable phones of 2020.
02Camera
84/10084/100 puts it above the 80-point average for foldable phones of 2020.
03Performance
84/10084/100 puts it above the 80-point average for foldable phones of 2020.
04Battery
84/100At 84/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among foldable phones of 2020 — 6 points above the cohort average.
05Build
74/10074/100 trails the 77-point cohort average for foldable phones of 2020.
- Stronger screen layer than Mate X
- Integrated Kirin 990 5G
- Leica quad cam with ToF
- Still exposed when folded
- No Google services
- Even pricier than the Mate X
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 5-phone cohort of foldable devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .